RECAP OF ACTIONS
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Metro Headquarters
3rd Floor - Board Room
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles
Thursday, August 28, 1997 - 9:30 a.m.
Called to order at 9:35 a.m.
Directors/Alternates present:
Hal Bernson
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke/Michael Bohlke
James Cragin/George Nakano
Richard Alatorre/Nate Holden
Michael Antonovich/Nick Patsaouras
John Fasana/Beatrice La Pisto-Kirtley
Robert Arthur
Vivien Bonzo
Joyce Lawrence
Carol Schatz/Richard Alarcon
Jose Legaspi
Zev Yaroslavsky/Robert Abernethy
Larry Zarian/Jan Heidt
Interim Chief Executive Officer - Julian Burke
Board Secretary - Georgia Hamilton
Inspector General - Arthur Sinai
General Counsel - County Counsel
1. Consider approval of Consent Calendar Items 4 through 18.
| APPROVED ITEMS: 4 through 11, 13 through 18 |
2. Minutes of Board Meeting held July 31, 1997.
3. Chief Executive Officer’s Report
| RECEIVED REMARKS FROM NEW INTERIM CEO JULIAN BURKE |
| ELLEN LEVINE INTRODUCED THE 1997 INTERNATIONAL BUS MAINTENANCE
ROADEO WINNERS FROM DIVISION 10. |
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
4. Approve:
(CC4)
A. extending the existing insurance for vegetation
for three additional years until September 1, 2003,
at an estimated cost of $250,000, and
B. continuing augmentation of spring and stream water
flows in the Santa Monica Mountains near the Metro
Red Line North Hollywood Corridor tunnel alignment,
as necessary, for two years beyond the completion of
construction of Contract C0311, to late 2000 at a
cost of $120,000.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
5. Approve an amendment to change Contract MC047 with
(CC5) Jacobs Engineering Group, Mott, MacDonald-Hatch and ACG
Environment (JMA), a joint venture, for construction
management services on the Metro Red Line, North
Hollywood Corridor from a cost plus award fee contract
to a cost plus fixed fee contract.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
6. Approve:
(CC6)
A. award of Contract Work Order No. 64, covering
design support during construction services for the
Metro Red Line, Vermont/Hollywood Corridor in an
amount $1,300,000;
B. award of Contract Work Order No. 65, design
services, for an amount not-to-exceed $100,000;
C. award of Contract Work Order No. 66, rail
activation/start-up support, for an amount
D. award of Contract Work Order No. 67, project
management/-administration foran amount not-to-
exceed $300,000; and
E. an increase in the Contract Authorization for
Expenditure for Contract E0070 with Engineering
Management Consultant, in the amount of $2,003,781
covering items a through d above, which total
$1,800,000; and $203,781 to be applied to other
potential changes within staff authority, for a
revised total AFE of $95,660,797.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
7. Approve:
(CC 7)
A. Work Authorization Change Notice (WACN) No. 65 for
Contract B740 with Joy Environmental Technologies,
Inc., to extend the contract by 625 days to June 1,
1999 for the Metro Red Line, North Hollywood
Corridor;
B. increase to the Authorization for Expenditure in
the amount of $1,645,000 for a revised AFE in the
amount of $22,904,663; AND
C. authorize staff to audit and execute the
subsequent change order if it is within the NTE
amount approved for the WACN.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE AS CORRECTED
8. Award a contract to BT Office Products, International,
(FB 4) Paramount, the lowest responsive, responsible bidder,
covering the provision of office supplies under IFB No.
OP63401926; for a 27-month period with the option for
an additional 17-month period for an estimated yearly
cost not to exceed $600,000, and a total cost not-to-
exceed $2.7 million, if the option is exercised.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
9. Consider request of Transit Police Lieutenant Dennis
(EMC 3) Flowers for reconsideration of transfer/retirement
benefit package.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE SUBJECT TO CLEAR
AGREEMENT BETWEEN Metro STAFF AND LT. FLOWERS
10. Consider changes to Section 6.6 of the Metro Rules and
(EMC 4) Procedures, Board Travel Expense Reimbursement.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
11. Consider approval of services covering medical, dental,
(EMC 7) life and long term disability benefits with the
following vendors, effective January 1, 1998 for a
total estimated cost of $11,742,000:
Provider Estimated
Service Premium
Blue Cross Medical $3,198,000
California Care Medical 1,405,000
Kaiser Permanente Medical 3,057,000
Value Behavior Health Medical 110,000
Vision Service Plan Medical 162,000
Delta Dental Dental 792,000
Safeguard Hlth Plans Dental 138,000
Dental Hlth Services Dental 133,000
Standard Inc. Co. Life 1,928,000
Chubb Group Life 149,000
UNUM Life Ins. Disability 670,000
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
12. Consider:
(OPS 2)
A. rejection of all bids submitted under IFB. No. OP-
3360-1015 for yard lighting upgrade at Division 9;
and
B. authorize reissuance of solicitations for the
procurement.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
13. Consider:
(OPS 3)
A. rejection of non-responsive bid submitted by
Underwood Loss Control, Inc., Westchester, for non-
compliance with the DBE requirements; and
B. award of contract to Bradley Environmental
Services, LaVerne, the lowest responsive,
responsible bidder covering underground tank
replacement at Division 10 for a fixed price of
$1,467,606.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
14. Consider:
(OPS 4)
A. rejection of non-responsive bid submitted by
Bradley Environmental Services, LaVerne, for non-
compliance with the DBE requirements; and
B. award of contract to A. E. Schmidt Environmental,
Van Nuys, the lowest responsive,responsible bidder
covering underground tank replacement at Division
18 for a fixed price of $1,467,217.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
15. Consider award of contracts to the lowest responsive,
(OPS 5) responsible bidders under Bid No. 05-9701, covering the
27-month procurement of 2,883 turbochargers for a total
bid price of $1,689,841 as follows:
A. Depo, Porterville, covering line items 1-2, 4
through 8,10-11 for a total bid price of $1,626,675;
and
B. Turbo Air, Inc., Charlotte, NC, covering line items
3 and 9 for a total bid price of $63,166.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
16. Consider award of contract to Gillig Corporation, the
(OPS 6) lowest responsive, responsible bidder under Bid No. 06-
9719, covering procurement of 20 Voith transmissions for
a total bid price of $410,246.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
17. Consider award of contract to TransTech of South
(OPS 7) Carolina, Inc., Piedmont, S.C., the lowest responsive,
responsible bidder covering overhaul of 60 Pantographs
for Metro Blue Line Light Rail vehicles, at a fixed
price of $504,499, with an option to overhaul 16
additional Pantographs for the Metro Green Line (D Line) at the
discretion of the Metro, for an additional fixed price of
$117,865, for a total cost of $622,364.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
18. Approve:
(OPS 8)
A. a Support Services/Prepaid Fare Reimbursement and
an Interagency Transfer Agreement with LADOT for FY
1998; and
B. authorize the CEO to approve subsequent Support
Services/Prepaid Fare Reimbursement and an
Interagency Transfer Agreements
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
NON-CONSENT ITEMS
19. BERNSON - Approve meeting with representatives of the
Southern California Regional Rail Authority and the Los
Angeles City Department of Transportation to determine
the feasibility of operating a Metrolink service in the
San Fernando Valley to help meet the mobility needs of
the residents and report back at the September Board
meeting.
| CARRIED OVER ONE MONTH – MOTION AMENDED TO ADD AFTER SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY THE LANGUAGE ‘FROM UNION STATION THROUGH THE CITIES OF GLENDALE AND
BURBANK TO THE WARNER CENTER’ . |
20. YAROSLAVSKY - Consider moratorium on approving any new
construction or professional services contracts on the
East Side Extension, Mid-Cities or the Pasadena Blue Line.
| APPROVED AS AMENDED: MORATORIUM FOR 60 DAYS TO ALLOW NEW INTERIM
CEO TO TAKE AN INDEPENDENT LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL ISSUES. |
21. Consider:
(FB3)
A. authorizing the issuance of the Proposition A
Series 1999-A bonds in an amount not-to-exceed $175
million;
B. authorizing the CEO or designee to:
1. execute all required documents,
2. select the providers to any necessary
services, including but not limited to
trustee, printer, and the investment of
bond proceeds,
3. negotiate all related fees,
C. appointing the financing team to include: Paine
Webber as Senior Managing Underwriter; Goldman Sachs
and Smith Barney as co-senior managers, Artemis
Capital (WBE), E.J. De La Rosa (DBE), Rideau Lyons
(DBE) and Samuel A. Ramirez & Co. (DBE) as co-
managers; O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, and Robinson &
Pearman, LLP as co-bond counsel; and Kutak Rock as
disclosure counsel.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
PRINCIPALS ONLY
| APPROVED - 10 PRINCIPALS PRESENT |
22. Approve an increase in Work Authorization Change Notice
(CC 1) No. 658 to Contract Work Order No. 47 to Contract E0070
with Engineering Management Consultant for design
services to combine two tunnel contracts in the amount
of $50,000 for a revised total amount not-to-exceed
$250,000.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: FORWARDED TO FULL BOARD
WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION
| REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR NEXT MONTH |
23. Consider response to Director Yvonne Burke’s request
(EMC 1) and motion on hiring, promotions and bonuses for Metro
non-contract employees.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
TASK FORCE COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF HUMAN
RESOURCES, GENERAL COUNSEL, ACCOUNTING AND THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL TO REVIEW THE ISSUE OF MERIT PAY
INCREASES. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY FREEZE ALL HIRING, AND
PROMOTIONS EXCEPT OPERATORS AND MECHANICS UNTIL REPORT
BACK FROM TASK FORCE WITHIN 60 DAYS; CEO TO BRING BACK
MISSION CRITICAL POSITIONS WITH SALARY.
| APPROVED AS AMENDED: DIRECTOR BURKE WITHDREW THE PORTION OF HER
MOTION CALLING FOR A HIRING FREEZE. THE BALANCE OF HER REQUESTS REMAINS IN EFFECT. |
24. Approve Metro’s Revised Amended Americans with
(PP 5) Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
25. Receive and file staff report regarding the East Side
Extension housing mitigation implementation strategy.
26. ANTONOVICH - Request Metro staff to immediately begin
discussion with the Los Angeles Sheriff Department
regarding the feasibility of merging the Metro Transit
Police Department with the Los Angeles Sheriff
Department in order to provide transit security
throughout Los Angeles County.
| CONTINUE FOR ONE MONTH AND IF LA CITY COUNCIL ISSUES ARE NOT
RESOLVED, THEN CONSIDER GOING FORWARD WITH THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF. DIRECTED CHIEF PAPA
TO SET UP A MEETING WITH HER CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF THE MERGER AND
THE IMPACT ON THEIR JOBS; CEO TO INVESTIGATE AND RECTIFY PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSIT POLICE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AT THE WESTLAKE/MAC ARTHUR STATION. |
CONVENED AS SAFE BOARD
27. Consider adoption of amended Americans with
(OPS 9) Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan.
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE
ADJOURNED AS SAFE BOARD
28. Consider approval of a $.75 cash fare ($.35 for elderly
and disabled) on all Metro buses between the hours of
9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., and discontinue the 10:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. reduced cash fare on Line 40/42 effective
at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 6, 1997.
| APPROVED AS AMENDED TO INCLUDE RETENTION OF THE REDUCED CASH
FARE ON LINE 40/42 AND THE RIGHT TO ADJUST OWL SERVICE. |
29. FASANA - Consider formation of an interim Ad Hoc Construction
Safety Task Force to report back in 90 days on establishing
safety performance measures, goals and standards,
improvements to the Safety Awareness Program and other
safety related issues.
| APPROVED AS AMENDED: ALSO, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TASK FORCE
MEMBERSHIP ARE THE Metro SAFETY COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND THE CONSTRUCTION RISK MANAGER. DIRECTOR
CRAGIN SUGGESTED INCLUDING IN THE MEMBERSHIP CAL-OSHA; DIRECTOR BONZO SUGGESTED MEMBERS
ATTEND THE AUDIT TASK FORCE COMMITTEE THAT WILL RECEIVE THE SAFETY REPORT. |
| DIRECTOR ANTONOVICH REQUESTED COUNTY COUNSEL REPORT BACK AT THE
NEXT BOARD MEETING HOW THE Metro WILL IMPLEMENT PROPOSITION 209 |
CLOSED SESSION
30. Conference with Labor Negotiator - G.C. 54957.6
Agency Negotiator - Raman Raj
Employee Organization: Amalgamated Transit Union
Teamsters
Non-Represented Employees
31. Conference with legal counsel on existing litigation
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a):
A. John Reed v. Metro, LA Superior Court, Case No. BC
159307
| $900,000 PLUS MEDI-CAL LIEN NTE $34,309 |
B. James Anderson v. Metro, WCAB Case No. 89-VN-197-361
C. Silver v. Metro, LA Superior Court, Case No. BS
044100
ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF JAE SIL KIM, SAM SUCK
YANG AND SOON YI YOUNG. |
